[Shaun]

TiBB'S TOP SONG OF 2013

Welcome to the Top Song of 2013. If you're not sure of what this whole shebang is, here're a few links to previous years:

2013: "Work" by Iggy Azalea
2012: "Pyramids" by Frank Ocean
2011: "Midnight City" by M83
2010: "What's My Name (feat. Drake)" by Rihanna
2009: "Sweet Disposition" by the Temper Trap
2008: "Womanizer" by Britney Spears

We'll begin with a Top 200 of the year, hand-picked through the following methods:

- Any song that has appeared in the Top 15 of the UK single charts, or the US Billboard Hot 100, at any point from January 1 2013 to December 31 2013.
- Of those, songs released in 2012 - either as a single, or on an album released before July 2012 - have been removed.
- Also, songs that have appeared in previous editions of this game cannot count (I AM SORRY ICONA POP, WE DIDN'T KNOW YOU'D ACTUALLY GET A HIT)
- And finally, re-releases of songs don't count (sorry Ant & Dec), and singles on rereleased albums don't either (but don't worry - this is just a move to get rid of Lawson, who are literally the only act affected by this rule; Ellie Goulding's was basically a new album).
- The top ten songs from best-of-2013 lists as published by the NME, Pitchfork, PopMatters, the Guardian and Rolling Stone (so long as they don't overlap with each other, and aren't already in the chart-picked songs).
- To save the list from becoming too repetitive, artists are restricted to just their 3 highest-charting songs. This rule has only affected Disclosure and Avicii this year.

So here's how it will work..

PRELIMINARY ROUND I've compiled a list of 175 songs below, but I want to make it a nice, round 200. Therefore I'll allow you to all make suggestions that aren't on the list. I'll outline the rules for suggestions below.
Round 1: Out of the top 200, each member will choose their favourite FIFTEEN songs and reply with their the list. The songs that get the most votes will move onto Round 2.
Round 2: Out of the those, each member will choose their TEN favourite songs and reply with their list. Hopefully by this stage we're down to 100 songs with the least number of votes will move onto round 3.
Round 3: Out of the Top 100, each member will choose their FIVE favorite songs and reply with their the list. The 50-75 songs with the most votes will move onto Round 4.
Round 4: Out of the Top 75-50, each member will choose their FIVE favorite songs (again) and reply with their the list. The 30-50 songs with the highest number of votes will move onto Round 5.
Round 5: Will be made up as I go along because it's very difficult to stick to convenient numbers, and we managed quite nicely doing that last year
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ROUND 1 - 64 songs eliminated

Amelia Lily - Shut Up (And Give Me Whatever You Got)
Armin van Buuren - This is What it Feels Like (feat. Trevor Guthrie)
Avicii - Hey Brother
Avicii - You Make Me
Avicii vs Nicky Romero - I Could be the One
Baauer - Harlem Shake
Bastille - Of the Night
Ben Pearce - What I Might Do
Biffy Clyro - Black Chandelier
Bingo Players - Get Up (Rattle) [feat. Far East Movement]
Breath - Jack
Bruno Mars - Treasure
Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man
Charlie Brown - On My Way
Chase & Status - Lost and Not Found (feat. Louis M^tters)
Devlin - Rewind (feat. Diane Birch)
Dizzee Rascal - Going Crazy (feat. Robbie Williams)
Dizzee Rascal - Something Really Bad (feat. will.i.am.)
DJ Fresh & Diplo - Earthquake (feat. Dominique Young)
Ellie Goulding - How Long Will I Love You
Example - All the Wrong Places
Fatboy Slim & Rivastarr - Eat Sleep Rave Repeat (Calvin Harrix Remix)
Gabz - Lighters (The One)
James Arthur - You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You
Jason Derulo - Talk Dirty (feat. 2 Chainz)
Jason Derulo - Trumpets
John Newman - Love Me Again
Justin Bieber - Heartbreaker
Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (feat. Jay Z)
Klangkarussell - Sonnentanz (Sun Don't Shine) [feat. Will Heard]
Leah McFall - I Will Survive
Little Mix - Change Your Life
Loveable Rogues - What a Night
Matt Cardle & Melanie C - Loving You
McFly - Love is on the Radio
Michael Buble - It's a Beautiful Day
Naughty Boy - Lifted (feat. Emeli Sande)
Nicole Scherzinger - Boomerang
Olly Murs - Army of Two
Olly Murs - Dear Darlin'
OneRepublic - Counting Stars
Parquet Courts - Stoned and Starving
PSY - Gentleman
Ray Foxx - Boom Boom (Heartbeat) [feat. Rachel Collier]
Robbie Williams - Go Gentle
Rudimental - Right Here (feat. Foxes)
Sam Bailey - Skyscraper
The Saturdays - Gentleman
Sean Paul - Other Side of Love
Selena Gomez - Come and Get It
Shane Filan - Everything to Me
Showtek - Booyah
Stooshe - Slip
Storm Queen - Look Right Through
Sub Focus - Turn it Around (feat. Kele)
Tinie Tempah - Children of the Sun (feat. John Martin)
Vampire Weekend - Hannah Hunt
The Wanted - We Own the Night
Wiley - Lights On (feat. Angel & Tinchy Stryder)
Wilkinson - Afterglow
will.i.am. - #ThatPower (feat. Justin Bieber)
will.i.am. - Bang Bang
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sacrilege
Ylvis - The Fox

Round 2 - 24 songs eliminated

Ariana Grande - The Way (feat. Mac Miller)
Blood Orange - You're Not Good Enough
Bridgit Mendler - Ready or Not
Calvin Harris - Drinking from the Bottle (feat. Dizzee Rascal)
Calvin Harris & Alesso - Under Control
Chase & Status - Count on Me (feat. Moko)
Demi Lovato - Heart Attack
Duke Dumont - Need U (100%) [feat. A*M*E]
Eliza Doolittle - Big When I Was Little
Gabrielle Aplin - Please Don't Say You Love Me
Jay Z - Holy Grail (feat. Justin Timberlake)
Jessie J - Wild (feat. Big Sean & Dizzee Rascal)
Jessie J - Thunder
Kanye West - Bound 2
Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball
One Direction - One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)
Rita Ora - Radioactive
Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines (feat. Pharrell Williams & T.I.)
Sebastian Ingrosso & Tommy Trash - Reload (feat. John Martin)
Union J - Carry You
The Wanted - Walks Like Rihanna
Wiley - Reload (feat. Chip)
Wretch 32 - Blackout (feat. Shakka)
2 Chainz & Wiz Khalifa - We Own It (Fast & Furious)

Round 3 - 13 songs eliminated

Britney Spears - Work Bitch
Conor Maynard - R U Crazy
Ellie Goulding - Burn
Eminem - Berzerk
Gary Barlow - Let Me Go
Little Mix - How Ya Doin'?
One Direction - Best Song Ever
One Direction - Story of my Life
P!nk - Just Give Me a Reason (feat. Nate Ruess)
Rebecca Ferguson - I Hope
Rihanna - Loveeeeeee Song (feat. Future)
Union J - Beautiful Life
The Vamps - Can We Dance

Round 4 - 23 Songs eliminated

Avicii - Wake Me Up
Avril Lavigne - Here's to Never Growing Up
Big Sean - Control (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Breach - Everything You Never Had (We Had it All) [feat. Andreya Triana]
Calvin Harris - I Need Your Love (feat. Ellie Goulding)
Chris Malinchak - So Good to Me
Disclosure - F For You
Disclosure - You & Me (feat. Eliza Doolittle)
Dizzee Rascal - Baseline Junkie
Drake - Hold On, We're Going Home (feat. Majid Jordan)
Drake - Started from the Bottom
Drake - Too Much
Jason Derulo - The Other Side
Katy B - What Love Is Made Of
Lil Wayne - Love Me (feat. Drake & Future)
Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know
Mike WiLL Made It - 23 (feat. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa & Juicy J)
Neon Jungle - Trouble
Pharrell Williams - Happy
The Saturdays - Disco Love
The Saturdays - What About Us (feat. Sean Paul)
Sky Ferreira - You're Not the One
The Wanted - Show Me Love (America)

Round 5 - 31 Songs eliminated

AlunaGeorge - Attracting Flies
Arctic Monkeys - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High
Bastille - Pompeii
Charli XCX - SuperLove
Cher Lloyd - I Wish
Ciara - Body Party
Disclosure - White Noise (feat. AlunaGeorge)
Emmelie de Forest - Only Teardrops
Fuse ODG - Antenna
Iggy Azalea - Bounce
James Blake - Retrograde
James Blunt - Bonfire Heart
John Newman - Cheating
Kanye West - New Slaves
Katy Perry - Unconditionally
The Killers - Shot at the Night
Lady GaGa - Dope
London Grammar - Strong
Martin Garrix - Animals
Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop
Naughty Boy - La La La (feat. Sam Smith)
Paramore - Still Into You
Passion Pit - Carried Away
Pitbull - Feel this Moment (feat. Christina Aguilera)
Rihanna - Stay (feat. Mikky Ekko)
Rizzle Kicks - Lost Generation
Royksopp - Running To The Sea (Susanne Sundfor)
Sia - Elastic Heart
Vampire Weekend - Step
Zedd - Stay the Night (feat Hayley Williams)
50 Cent - My Life (feat. Eminem & Adam Levine)

Round 6 - 3 songs eliminated

Lady GaGa - Applause
Lily Allen - Hard Out Here
Rihanna - Pour it Up

Round 7 - 3 songs eliminated

Foals - My Number
Janelle Monae - Dance Apocalyptic
Lorde - Royals

Round 8 - 11 songs eliminated

Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?
Eminem - Rap God
Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark
Foxes - Youth
Kanye West - Black Skinhead
Mutya Keisha Siobhan - Flatline
Nelly - Hey Porsche
P!nk - True Love (feat. Lily Allen)
R. Kelly - Cookie
Taylor Swift - 22
V V Brown - The Apple

Round 9 - 12 songs eliminated

Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Cher Lloyd - I Wish
David Bowie - Where Are We Now?
Eminem - The Monster (feat. Rihanna)
HAIM - The Wire
Iggy Azalea - Change Your Life (feat. T.I.)
Janelle Monáe - Q.U.E.E.N. (feat. Erykah Badu)
Kelly Clarkson - People Like Us
Kelly Rowland - Kisses Down Low
Mariah Carey - #Beautiful
Sub Focus - Endorphins (feat. Alex Clare)
Tom Odell - Another Love

Round 10 - 8 songs eliminated

CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share
Daft Punk - Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)
Lady GaGa - Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly)
Leona Lewis - One More Sleep
Little Mix - Move
M.I.A. - Come Walk With Me
Tegan and Sara - Closer
Zedd - Clarity (feat. Foxes)

Top Ten
10th: Haim - Falling
9th: Rudimental - Waiting all Night
8th: CHVRCHES - Recover
7th: Pitbull - Timber
6th: Katy Perry - Roar
5th: Katy B - 5AM
4th: Beyonce - XO
3rd: Lana del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness
2nd: Justin Timberlake - Mirrors
WINNER: Iggy Azalea - Work